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The Body Shop

Five silhouette-specific workouts to get you into that gown.

By Melissa Cantor

Published Winter 2011

(Photo: Alamy (pink watercolor); Illustration by Bunky Hurter)

DRESS STYLE: SleevelessTARGET: ArmsSOLUTIONS: The AntiGravity Yoga “Wings” class at Crunch(multiple locations; crunch.com; day pass $25) works the arms through 60 minutes of acrobatic feats, including fabric-climbing, pull-ups, and handstands. Mary Helen Bowers (balletbeautiful.com), Natalie Portman’s trainer for Black Swan, also recommends a four-times-a-week combo of triceps dips followed by 30 reps of her Swan Arms move: Lower and raise outstretched arms from the shoulders to the waist, bending them slightly at the elbows.